【英汉对照佛学词典】约
(1) An agreement, a promise, a pact, an alliance, a treaty. (2) To promise, contract, agree to, to bind. (3) To be in dire circumstances; to be in poverty. To be frugal, sparing, concise, restrained; to be cautious. (4) About, nearly, approximately. (5) About, concerning. Concerning . . .; seen from such-and-such a standpoint (a^vasthika). Seen from such-and-such a perspective; seen from the standpoint of . . . (6) To shorten, contract, shrink, compress.